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COQ Invitational 2013-IM Porper

Here is another GM scalp, this time by IM Porper.

More About (Another) Quebec Open Championship

Porper,Edward (2453) – Roussel-Roozmon,Thomas (2476) 
Semi-Slav with quick …a6[D45]
COQ Invitational 2013 
Montreal CAN (9.11), 28.07.2013

Position 1
White has a lead in development, clear targets on the queenside and the move. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

23…Qe7

Quebec Open 2013 Rd6-GM Roussel-Roozman T(CAN)

Here is the attacking game of GM Arencibia from rd6.

From another round
IM Wang(left)-GM Roussel-Roozmon(right)


Roussel-Roozmon,Thomas (2476) – Arencibia,Walter (2526)
Nimzo-Indian 4.Qc2 c5[E38]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (6.8), 25.07.2013


Position 1
The king-hunt is on. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

20.Rg2

Quebec Open 2013 Rd3-GMs Bruzon, Sokolov,Roussel-Roozmon(CAN) and Sulskis

Results/Live Games/Quebec Open 2013 and Photos-Preotu,Rene Gallery
GM Sulskis(LTU) takes the early sole lead with 3/3. An upset but not really a surprise was IM Bindi Cheng beating GM Arencibia.

FM Ostrovskiy(left)-IM Molner(right)

Games can be played through at Live Games.
Game 1
GM Bruzon won a pawn against Preotu and converted smoothly.

Bruzon,Lazaro (2689) – Preotu,Razvan (2277)
Pirc g3[B07]
COQ Invitational 2013 MontrealCAN (3.1), 22.07.2013
 1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 0–0 5.Ne2 d6 6.Nbc3 e5 7.h3 c6 8.a4 exd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.0–0 Nc6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Re1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 Bf5 16.Qd1 Be6 17.a5 Qd7 18.Qf3 Ne4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qxe4 Rc8 22.c3 b5 23.h4 h5 24.Qe3 Qc7 25.a6 Rb8 26.b4 Qb6 27.Qe5+ Kh7 28.Rd1 Rc8 29.Bb7 Re8

29…Re8


30.Qc5 Qxc5 31.bxc5 Re7 32.c6 Rc7 33.f3 Kg7 34.Kf2 Kf6 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Kf4 Bb3 37.Rd4 Ke6 38.Rd8 Bd5 39.Bc8+ Kf6 40.Rxd5 Rxc8 41.Rd6+ Ke7 42.Ke5 Rc7 43.Kd5 1–0

Game 2
GM Sokolov could not break IM Gerzhoy’s Queen’s Gambit Declined down in an action filled game. Sokolov missed 27.Bxe3!! winning outright and played 27.Be1. Then later Gerzhoy also missed 33…Bd6! with the win. The drama was completed with Sokolov’s spectacular drawing line-34.Rf8+!.

Sokolov,Ivan (2650) – Gerzhoy,Leonid (2462)
Quen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Nge2[D31]
COQ Invitational 2013 Montreal CAN (3.2), 22.07.2013
 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 0–0 9.Nge2 Re8 10.Ng3 Nf8 11.0–0 Ng4 12.Nce2 Qh4 13.h3 Nf6 14.f4 Bd7 15.Rf3 Re7 16.Nc3 Rae8 17.a3 Nh5 18.Nxh5 Qxh5 19.f5 Qh4 20.Raf1 Qf6 21.Kh1 Bb8 22.e4 Qxd4 23.f6 Rxe4 24.fxg7 Ng6 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Rxf7 e3 

26…e3


27.Be1 Qd6 28.g3 Bxh3 29.R1f6 Qe5 30.Qb3 Be6 31.Qxb7 e2 32.Nxe2 Bd5+ 33.Kg1 Qxe2 

33…Qxe2 


34.Rf8+ Nxf8 35.gxf8Q+ Rxf8 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Qxb8+ Kf7 38.Qxa7+ Kg6 39.Qf2 Qe4 40.Kf1 Bc4+ 41.Kg1 ½–½

Game 3
GM Sulskis won a pawn and converted in a QR-QR ending.

Sulskis,Sarunas (2559) – Perez Rodriguez,Luis Manuel (2427)
Two Knights Defence[C58]
COQ Invitational 2013 MontrealCAN (3.3), 22.07.2013
 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2 Bd6 8.Nc3 0–0 9.Bxd7 Qxd7 10.Nce4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.c4 c6 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.0–0 Bxc3 16.dxc3 cxd5 17.Rd1 d4 18.Qxe5 Nc6 19.Qg3 Qe6 20.b3 Rad8 21.Bg5 Rd6 22.Be3 Qd7 23.cxd4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Qf3 Rd8 26.Rxd4 Qxd4 27.Re1 Qd2 28.Kf1 Qxa2 29.Qxb7 g6 

29…g6 


30.g3 a5 31.c5 a4 32.c6 Qxb3 33.c7 Qc4+ 34.Kg2 Rf8 35.Rd1 1–0

Game 4
IM Wang could not breach the defensive wall of GM Roussel-Roozmon.

Wang,Richard (2377) – Roussel-Roozmon,Thomas (2476)
Queen’s Indian 4.e3[E14]
COQ Invitational 2013 MontrealCAN (3.4), 22.07.2013
 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6 5.0–0 Bb7 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 a6 8.b3 cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.Bb2 0–0 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.Rac1 Bd6 14.g3 Rc8 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Qf1 b5 17.Qh3 h6 18.Re1 Rc7 

18…Rc7


19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.Re1 Re7 21.Rxe7 Nxe7 22.Ne5 Bc8 23.Qg2 Be6 24.Qf3 Qc8 25.Ne2 Bf5 26.Bxf5 Qxf5 27.Qxf5 Nxf5 28.f3 Kf8 29.g4 Ne7 30.Kf2 Ke8 ½–½


Results
IM Bindi Cheng beat GM Arencibia.

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Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg
1 GM Sokolov Ivan 2650 2 ½ – ½ 2 IM Gerzhoy Leonid 2462
2 GM Sulskis Sarunas 2559 2 1-0 2 GM Perez Rodriguez l 2427
3 IM Wang Richard 2377 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Roussel-Roozmon  2476
4 GM Bruzon Batista  2689 1-0 2 Preotu Razvan 2277
5 GM Rozentalis E 2619 1-0 IM Porper Edward 2453
6 IM Perez Garcia  2364 ½ – ½ GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2551
7 FM Jiang Louie 2324 0 – 1 GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian 2528
8 GM Arencibia Walter 2526 0 – 1 IM Cheng Bindi 2406
9 FM Ostrovskiy A 2403 1-0 IM Molner Mackenzie 2501
10 IM Hambleton Aman 2480 1-0 FM Thavandiran Shiyam 2338
11 FM Kleinman Michael 2298 1 0 – 1 1 GM Kovalyov Anton 2606
12 GM Sambuev Bator 2530 1 ½ – ½ 1 IM Calugar Arthur 2282
13 GM Vera Reynaldo 2462 1 1-0 1 IM Piasetski Leon 2279
14 FM Oliva Castaneda  2423 1 1-0 1 FM Sapozhnikov Roman 2272
15 FM Cao Jason 2060 1 0 – 1 1 IM Kiewra Keaton F 2422
16 IM Panjwani Raja 2409 1 ½ – ½ 1 Villavieja Butch 2211
17 Kraiouchkine Nikita 2234 1 0 – 1 1 FM Shetty Atulya 2314
18 FM Chandra Akshat 2312 1 ½ – ½ 1 Masse Hugues 2187
19 Song Michael 2242 ½ 1-0 ½ Adithya B. 2301
20 FM Voskanyan Vahagn 2241 ½ 0 – 1 ½ FM Rodriguez Eric 2290
21 FM Leveille Francois 2279 ½ 1-0 ½ Zhang Yuanchen 2061
22 Chiku-Ratte  2106 ½ 1-0 ½ FM Hamilton Robert 2251
23 Morin Yves 2185 0 ½ – ½ ½ Van Heirzeele Daniel 2116
24 Lo Ryan 2068 0 ½ – ½ 0 Caire Francois 2178
25 Bérubé Antoine 2174 0 ½ – ½ 0 Tessier-Desrosiers  2106
26 Zhou Qiyu 1902 0 1-0 0 Ibrahim Anthony 2161
27 Tomb Maroun 2133 0 1-0 0 Wan Kevin 2006

Standings
GM Sulskis takes the early sole lead with 3/3.

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Rk. Name FED Rtg Prov Pts
1 GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2559 3
2 IM Wang Richard CAN 2377 AB 2.5
3 GM Roussel-Roozmon Thomas CAN 2476 QC 2.5
IM Gerzhoy Leonid CAN 2462 ON 2.5
IM Cheng Bindi CAN 2406 2.5
6 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2689 FO 2.5
7 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2650 2.5
GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian ROU 2528 2.5
FM Ostrovskiy Aleksandr A USA 2403 2.5
10 IM Hambleton Aman CAN 2480 ON 2.5
11 GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2619 FO 2.5
12 GM Moradiabadi Elshan IRI 2551 2
13 Preotu Razvan CAN 2277 ON 2
14 IM Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar CUB 2364 2
15 GM Vera Reynaldo CUB 2462 FO 2
16 GM Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel CUB 2427 2
IM Kiewra Keaton F USA 2422 2
18 FM Oliva Castaneda Kevel CUB 2423 FO 2
19 GM Kovalyov Anton ARG 2606 QC 2
20 FM Shetty Atulya USA 2314 2
21 IM Calugar Arthur CAN 2282 ON 1.5
22 IM Molner Mackenzie USA 2501 1.5
IM Porper Edward CAN 2453 AB 1.5
24 Masse Hugues CAN 2187 QC 1.5
25 FM Rodriguez Eric USA 2290 1.5
26 FM Thavandiran Shiyam CAN 2338 ON 1.5
FM Jiang Louie CAN 2324 QC 1.5
28 GM Sambuev Bator CAN 2530 QC 1.5
Villavieja Butch PHI 2211 BC 1.5
30 FM Leveille Francois CAN 2279 QC 1.5
31 IM Panjwani Raja CAN 2409 ON 1.5
FM Chandra Akshat USA 2312 1.5
33 GM Arencibia Walter CUB 2526 FO 1.5
Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta CAN 2106 QC 1.5
35 Song Michael CAN 2242 ON 1.5
36 FM Cao Jason CAN 2060 BC 1
37 IM Piasetski Leon CAN 2279 BC 1
38 Van Heirzeele Daniel BEL 2116 1
39 FM Sapozhnikov Roman CAN 2272 ON 1
40 FM Kleinman Michael CAN 2298 QC 1
Kraiouchkine Nikita CAN 2234 QC 1
42 Tomb Maroun LIB 2133 1
Zhou Qiyu CAN 1902 1